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Hadith.3358 - Amr ibn Jumay' narrated from Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) from his father, Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as):
Imam (as) said
"Let someone trustworthy bear witness to your testimony."
They asked: 'May Allah (swt) keep you well, how can it increase or decrease?'
Imam (as) replied: "No, but it should be someone who preserves it for you."
Imam (as) also said: "It is not permissible to testify upon a testimony that is based on another testimony."
3358 - وَ رَوَى عَمْرُو بْنُ جُمَيْعٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَلَيْهِمَا اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ
"أَشْهِدْ عَلَى شَهَادَتِكَ مَنْ يَنْصَحُكَ" قَالُوا أَصْلَحَكَ اَللَّهُ كَيْفَ يَزِيدُ وَ يَنْقُصُ قَالَ "لاَ وَ لَكِنْ مَنْ يَحْفَظُهَا عَلَيْكَ".
وَ لَا تَجُوزُ شَهَادَةٌ عَلَى شَهَادَةٍ عَلَى شَهَادَةٍ.
Similar narrations
- Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh #217 "Do not testify to a testimony until you know it as clearly as you know your own palm."